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    • HEABT-BEM)ING MISEBY AT BOLTON.
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      • The following almost incredible details of human Mnfbrme , as endured by thousands of "the unfertu-J ^^ BfcetwetB of this owe touriiMn * oonntey , eTna * obtain too eiieaaTe * tuseulitioa , in order ibatMOPb say judge froai facU rjihettluji words , trftbewmw m which the industrious boor * re ¦ Lrrad ofiVunder the baneful operation ^ er the ac-* £ e * ift * -b 7 ^ kkh-Aej xn-iegrxdoi feoa levd Wovihat © fWreryboats . <* the field ,. It wiU CioaomhfiTrid thaion . the 25 Vh © t Au / fast lutDr . ¦ Ro wrinr addfeaocKi the House of Commons upon fee SuiVlb a « j *» r » We state « f dimiw nnder ^ fceh tti « -p «» ptoy tke ja « iiaf * 3 tqiiiiR 4 i « t ? ifite , and thoae-of Bottea innartieaJar , were then sufferine .

      Tbe sobjeet * . however , was bos one likely to obtain atneh eonHden&m at'sneh a moment , from such an BsseaUy , aad , for the time , the matter dropped . Out « £ « iorSafB > liBg was excited by the detaus of the fiM >< Member , which has led to the publicatibD of the evido&ee" of witnesses , In the eases of two individuals , named Pearoe and Bristol , who died in the township pfSoltonjliteraDy from starvation ; and , M » tiiiBax * 9 the Uieof Bwrot ani disgust , the chilling , cautions , and evasive report of Mr . Mott , the AEsistant-Commisfiioner , is appended . This man gets about £ l& 6 « £ 1 ^ 200 a-yett for to assisUaoc m carrying- out the provisiona of this brutal law , and we shall see by his report , when we come to it , with what fidefity he performs his daty to the pabiio

      « s an impartial servant . We shall now , by way of commentary on the assertion that ** there is no distress in the country , " give the following extracts from the evidence taken in these melancholy cases : — The first relates to a person named ^ Bristol , a weaver , and the ercnmstances under which he sank are graphically delineated is the language of his snr-Tivinf partner . * Ann Bristol says , I recolleot whea my husband was laid oat dead . Mr . Natsby came to risit us- My husband was laid out on the necessary door , covered with a sheet , which a neighbour iiad lent us . 1 was lame myself at the time , and © onld not-walk . My child , nearly sixteen years eld , was blind , and he had the St . Anthony ' s fire . I had another daughter ill , aged thirteen , and four

      other children t the youngest war years old . ~ For three weeks before my husband ' s death we had . for the whole of us , eight persons , only- 3 s . a week coming in , and we had 1 o Eve sometimes on porridge , tat we had only one meal a day , which we geaerally Bade about four In the afternoon . When Mr . Kai&Bj found os in this state we . got more food , otherwise I beBere we should hare lost more of our children , for we had got as far distressed as we could be to be alive . I lost one child from the breast , and its death was occasioned by my sot being able to give it sack , for want of nourishment jpjH ^ f . 1 had no bed , bedding , or any thing' on which to lie down . I had only a stool for myself io sit upon . I had no shop where I could get

      provisions at , for they all refused me credit ! - My kusband telshedfor a bit qf bread and cheese the day Itforthe dicdt ihi I mas unable to procure ii for ten . " And so , to use the words of a neighbour , poor Bristol wa » " clammed ( starved ) to death !" Another person who assisted in laying out the corpse an , He died with his clothes on , in which be'had laid for several weeks , having , nothing besides-to keep him warm . When I got bis stocking-legs and trowser-l egs open , there were large quantities of creeping f&h , which had eaten quite into the flesh , and his legs were one mass of putridity . He had nothing bat straw io lie upon , which was spread oponthe loor . All the childrsi were sickly and bad . and the wife was lame , and incapable of

      walking or assisting her husband , upon this case being at length brought to the notice of the Board , of Guardians , after the man ' s death , one of the members remarked to a person named Brown , the relieving officer , " Why , that poor fellow has died from want , Brown . " Mark the coolness of the reply . " Yes , I believe he has . " Had one of Mr . Brown ' s puppies died in the litter , it would have elicited more feeling than did the death by starvation and neglect of ai 3 unfortunate fellow-creature . Such , however , is the effect of the New Poor Law upon the humanity of oar nature . Another case instanced bv the Hon . Member , was thai of the death of William Pearce , who , . not only himself was starred to death , bat his whole family , consisting of a wife and

      from mere exhaustion , produced by insufficient food . The particulars of this frightful case are as follows : — A person named Beswick stated she had known Pearee and his family for four years previous to his death , about three weeks previous to which she saw him coming towards her house . There are three steps up to her house . He looked very wan , and pale as death , and was so weakly that , to get on to By house floor , he had to go doten upon his hands and knees aid creep up . He- h&d been in the habit of weaving for us some months before , and I had missed him for about a mouth , at the time I &m speaking of . When he got in he said , Nancy ^ do , bless you . make a sup of warm tea , for I am dying

      far vatU . " I made him tome , and some toast , and he devoured it greedily . He told me that for weeks back he had had nothing bat a basin of gruel per day to subsist upon . He shortly afterwards fainted away , and I thought he was dying . When he came round I asked him why he clammed himself to that degree , and be said , at he did not belong to Boiton he covM nsi get relief I Mjself and husband reported his case to Bridge , the Assistant to the Relieving-officer , who was very saucy , and said we had better mind our own business . He said , at last , he would visit the case ; but whether he did or sot never ascertained , and three week 3 afterwards I heard that Fearce was dead . I then went to the cellar he h&d resided in with his family , and found

      them in a most shocking state , and the place smelled bo bad I could not remain in it . He was laid ont on a loom , with a sheet over him . I noticed in the cellar there was a sever or midden channel ran through , and the floor was covered with nauseous filth and water . All the goods in the house were , a broken three-legged table , a stool , a chair , and the bed made of a ** fe ™ fo without covering . I went again on the Monday , and turned down the sheet to look at the corpse , and there were hundreds of creeping filth upon him . I pointed them out to-bis wife , and she appeared to be quite vacant . Tee daughters laughed , and appeared entirely out of their Beoses , and each of them had nothing wherewith to clothe them but canvass wrappering , without shoes , stockings , or

      wearing apparel of any description I There was no warp in the looms , but they stated that Messrs . Goodbrand had sent them some a week before , but they had sent it back for fear the bailiffs should seize it . " Anoiher witness states— " I have seen Pearee pick potatoes off the midden ( muck heap ) -which have been thrown away for being rotten , and afterwards , having gone into their cellar , I have found them boiled up and being eaten for dinner . It is my firm belief that Pearce died from nothing but starvation . I consider all the family to be in a , great degree insane , and quite incompetent to give evidence , " Upon this evidence of disinterested witnesses corroborated by numerous others , there can be ho doubt that hsd Bristol and Pearee been otherwise

      circumstanced as to connexions , that a Coroner ' s verdict of died by Ftsrvation , " would have been recorded ; S 3 it was , they were very poor , &nd were suffered ta die like dcgs , without notice , for although it -was stated by two of the Jury , in the case of Pearce , that they had retoned a verdict * Died from want of food , " it does not appear that the Coroner bo recorded it . And now a- to the conduct of Mr . Mott in the transaction . Upon its being determined , in consequence of the statement of Dr . BowriDg , to investigate the circumstances of these murdera according to law , Mr . Mott was apprised of it , and requested to attend the examination of the witnesses , aod what did he do I—why , few dajs previous to the announced investigation , he got hold of the idiot

      wire of the victim Pearce , and in despite of the facts Bering him in the face , took her evidence to the effect that her husband had been ailing , but occaaw ^ 1 J worked—that he had plenty of work if he eottlahave done it—that they bad two looms at Dome , aad were earning 93 . 6 d . a-week , and never " vaEted food—that they -were comfortable then , and She had not applied for relief . This gentleman then says— "She did not make the least complaint of her nusband having been neglected . 1 repeatedly asked her ( that is the idiot ) a 3 to the state they *" ere in when her husband died , and ehe answered they did not want food—they were comfortable »? en . " " And then , " says the Assistant-Commis fiooer , with an air of triumph , " she indignantly denied ihe story about the potatoes ! " This

      examg * &Gn was signed by this official on the 24 th of September hjx , and in reply to a request that Ke would attend , \ formal examination of witnesses on la * 16 th iastaft , he coolly states , lt In accordance * itn the iastrtu . tions I receivtd , I made inquiries * oto the cireuinsu . Micee staled to have occurred , and having reported tbi ^ result to the Poor Law Commisl ^ oa ers , 1 have rece ived no directions to take any farther proceedings . " In other words , he had got ° P a case for the basl ^ aws , and whether the poor of JBolton died of starvat * ° n , or fell like rotten sheep oe ^ ore the joint ravages of disease and neglect , was a matter of perfect nidii Terence , provided the fact

      could be kept from the eye" 9 ? the pnblic . Dr . Bowr ing , however , first lifted i he veil from the face of « hs appalling picture of desi Station , and the matter *** been praiBeworthOy follow » d np by individuals who , from their position as & "uardjans and magis-« tes , are quite competent to *!«** the troth , the whole { rath , and nothing- but t . V truth , whatever jo phistry may be used on the part <* 'he abettors of was cruel law to prevent its eominVt before the pub-« e . We presume we are still to be l old , " the syBtem * orkB well , " and so far as the ap pointments and ¦ alaries of the Commissioners and th * ir Assistants , * c . j are concerned , we have perfect ft « & «* 'the as-• srtion ; but eon , or rather ought , th , ' eonntry to net B&iisned with Buch a state of things . ^

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      Thb Kail-kmt . department of the Board of Trade have issued two sets of questions to railway ' ew p *' nies , calculated to elicit information as to t ** f * f " motions token to ineure safety on roads cros ; " *» *? any line , md . the safety of the engines employi ^«« aebne , -

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      BABJTSUSY . Valuaflb iHsmoriON . —A nombg ? of individuals belonging to the Odd Fellows , believing that the cause of a great portion of the crime and misery existing in this eonntry was traoeaWe to Unoranee , in which it has ever been the object of kings and priests to keep the people iavolwd ; and , knowing that the limited circumstances of ihe working classes prevented their giving tothetr-chiHren » properedncafion , TesottW , som * xumtfes age , to commnoe & Sunday school afou . egr > fectly- jatiooal . principles , Id which should be taught

      all the most important branches oflearning . Hitherto theischbo ! has gone ofl admfrabry well ; and-a great nttober of scholars are weekly receiving valuable instruction . The teachers , desirous of beiag well infomedin fhose , branches of knowledge , they re-Bpeefirely have formed themselves into a , mutual improvement class , for the purpose of giving iand Teedving reciprocal instruction ; and thereby prer paring each other for the better performance of their duties as teachers ; and thus forming , as it weib , a reservoir out of which to supply the school with good and efficient teachers . We heartily wiBh bqceess to this inetitution . .

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      . Moss iuin has fallen during the present month than in any former October for more than a quarter of a centtrr . Bleak and gusty winds have swept over the land , winnowing our forests , and scattering the fruits from the trees in our orchards ; whilst the floods have in many districts overspread the meadows , destroying the husbandman ' s hopes of a second crop of hay . In many parts of the kingdom , much of the grain is still abroad . Lokd Ashley ' s Appointment as ah Ecclesiastical Commissions . —A strange idea has got abroad , in many quarters , that Lord Ashley has departed from his declaration , not to join any administration , which is not prepared to accept and carry out a Ten Hoars' Factory Bill . The misunderstanding has

      arisen in consequence of ttat nobleman ' s naying been gazetted as one of her Majesty ' s Ecclesiastical Commissioners .. The matter can be satisfactorily explained in a few words . The case is this : the situation is in no sense a political or ministerial one , aad has no emolument whatever attached to it . Its business and objects are simply and solely Ecclesiastical , relating to Church lands and Church revenues . The appointment is a highly honourable aad useful one . The : CotnmiEsioaero have to distribute certain surplus revenues , as they arise from time to time , and devote them to the increase of smali livings . They have also many other important duties

      to perform . To this Commission the Bishops , without a single exception , belong , as well &a some of the members of the late Cabinet and other Whigs . The late ministerial changes have occasioned no removals ; bat a vacancy by death happening to arise , the offer of a seat at the Ecclesiastic *! Board was made to Lord Ashley by the Premier in the name of his SoTexeigu , aad on behalf of the Church ; and it would , under all tho circumstances , have been a most ungracious act on the part of his Lordship to have declined the offer , in a case where neither politics , nor -emolument , but gratuitous service alone , was concerned . —OasUer ^ i Fleet Papers .

      Death by Stabvatkm ? . —A circumstance occurred at Kendal , on Saturday morning , which has caused the most heart-rending sensation . An unknown person was found dead , in a state of decomposition , in a plantation near to the obelisk erected to the memory of the glorious victory of Waterlooo . It wouid appear from the following evidence , taken by Mr . R . Wilson , the coroner for that part of Westrooreland , that the destitute and fatigued person had shelttired himself from the cares of this world by reposing in the plantation above-named , where he had " fallen asleep , never more to arise . The body when found was in a state the moet horrifying , being , to use a provincial expression , ** completely eaten up with maggots . " The face , which was the only

      part that retained the traces of humanity , was black and disfigured , and on the left side the fleshy part had in a great meaeure departed from the bones 1 After the inquest , the body was interred in the chapel yard of Buren ? ide . The following is the testimony as given before the Coroner : —I am a labourer , and am employed in repairing the turnpike road between Kendal and Ambleside . I was this day ( Saturday ) working on the roads , and threw my coat over the wall . When I wanted it again I found my Coat was fastened to the walL I therefore raised myself upon the wall for the purpose of loosening my coat , when I discovered the body of a man lying in the plantation , with his face to the ground , and with his arms underneath him , and his hat by his side . He was quite dead . I went for assistance , and obtained the assistance

      of Diniel Vany . We raised him from the ground . I don ' t know him . From the decomposed state of the body J should think it is an impossibility for any person to know him . I should suppose he has been dead two months . His corpse was about five feet six inches when measured , ilia head was bald . His hat had beea made by " Matthew and White , 69 , New Bond-street , London . " He "was dressed in a black sortou t coat , and he had a waistcoat which buttoned up to the neck . His boots were worn out at the toes , and he had no shirt on . He had no money about him . I have not the least hesitation in saying he died from starvation . He hsd a card in his pocket bearing the inscription of " J . Johnstone , diamond paste , razor strop , and shaving liquid manufacturer , 45 j Hanover-street , Edinburgh . I should Bay at once , there is no doubt but he died from hunger and starvation . Verdict— " Found dead . "

      Flood ih the Thames . —The spring tides , swelled by the rains , and impelled , it is supposed , by winds blowing upon the Northern inlet of the Channel , produced on Monday a great Overflow of the Thames in the Metropolis and its neighbourhoodthe highest flood for forty-one years , and eighteen inches higher thaa the extraordinary spring-tide of the 5 th of March , 1828 . We abridge the account in the Morning Chronicle—High-water was set down for twenty minutes past four o ' clock , bat it went on rising till fire : at three o ' clock the river had already flowed above its usual level : —at four the whole of the High-street , Wapping , from Wapping Old Stairs , opposite the Rectory-house , to New Crane , Shad well , presented the appearance of a canal ; the

      water , flowing aioog the courts and alleys , drove the inhabitants from the lower part of their tenements , while hundreds were removing their furniture to the upper room ? . Several boats commenced plying for hire in the main street ; and Mr . Broderip , tho magistrate , directed wherrie 3 to be ready to convey suitors and witnesses to and irom the Thames Poliee-office . The wharfs were inundated : in the cellars of the public-houses the torrent , raising the empty casks and puncheons , forced up the floors of the bars , tap-rooms , and parlours , and washed away ale , beer , and spirits . The ship-biscnit-bakers and granary-keepers in this qaarter are also great sufferer ? . The excitement among the poor people in this neighbourhood was extreme ; and parents were

      nmning about in all directions seeking for their children who were missing , and who , they feared , had been swallowed ap by the angry floods . At four o ' clock in the afternoon the trains discontinued ranning on the Blaekwall Railway , in consequence of the railwav being overflowed at the Bl&ckwall end . The neighbourhood of Blackwall and the adjoining marshes were under water to a great extent , and in many places the tide rolling in washed away the embankments and inundated the low lands . On the whole of the North side of the river below Bridge , with the exception of the pier-heads of the various docks , the Thames ovei flowed the banks . The Tower and Custom-house wharfs were under water , and seemed to form parts of the river . The river

      flowed , at a tremendous rate , into the inner walls of the Tower , filling the cellars of the Gold Chain and Stone Kitchen public-honses ; and the visitors were for some time conveyed in cabs and coaches to and from the armouries . Dark House-lane , Billingsgate , and Nicholson's Wharf w « te also oveiflowed . In Shadwell and Limehouse , numbers of . the poor inhabitants are rendered houseless . Above Bridge the effects of the flood were not less disastrous . The whole of the tower part of Westminster wa 3 inundated . Here the ground is on a much lower level than below Bricge , and not / ewer than three thousand houses in the neighbourhood of Westminster Hal ) , the Abbey , and Milbank , were visited by the flood ,

      and the 3 os 3 of property must bo considerable . If the Parliament had been sitting , ' . he Members could only have reached the two Houses in boats , for Palace-yard and the adjacent streets were under water , and the floor of Westminster Hall was overflowed . On the Surrey side of the river , the land is a flit for the distance of three aud in some places four miles island , and the water formed lakes in several places . The tide rushed up the sewers and sluices , and in many cases they became choked and blew up . Lambeth and the Bishop ' s Walk were impassible for Bome time on foot . Among the poor dredgermen and fishermen , and their families , who inherit the miserable tenements on the banks of the river , the greatest distress has for some time existed , and their privations have been much increased by the flood , which has completely destroyed the lower part ol their dwellings and washed away their

      furniture . In some places the water was five or six feet-deep , and boats were afloat in all directions conveying the terrified inhabitants to places of safety . Great apprehensions were created for the safety of the Thames Tunnel and neighbourhood : but precautions were takes by the engineer to prevent an eruption ; the steam-engine was kapt at toll play , and no harm was done . On the subsiding of the waters in the evening , a deposit of mud and filth was left in the streets and houses , which was very offensive . The people in all directions were busily employed pumping water ont of their cellars and warehouses ; but many deferred this operation for a time , in the expectation of another inondation . On the Surey shore myriads of rats , driven up the sewers by the flow of the tide , were seen running about the streets to save themselves from drowning ; but they met with another fate , for they were hunted by men and dogs , and numbers of them perished .

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      Fbjdat Night ' s Gazettk notifies that Parliament has been farther prorogued by the Qoeen in Council from the lUh of October to the 2 lss of December . , - .. " . Iw at thb Dbath . " —The Memorial de , Bmen contain * the following serio-diverting incident ^ which Ib not only singular , but we may add , within onr ° experience , entirwy nnpweedentedi —** 'A day or two sinoe , at the moment wlwn the Beaton aad his aseiBtante we ?* towering intotfie . grave at : Tour- ; nedoa the body of an old sporting character , . well

      known throughout this district , a hare suddenly aaade Iktappearaiioe In the « rav * , yard , raa to and fro forborne time anotag * the tombstones , bj which 4 t seamed jreatijr paxJJed , and ,, at length darting through the midst of the assistants collected round the Bportttnan ' s last corer , cleared the grave at a fprfaiff , « od disappeared * like a flash of lightning . ' The deceased was well known to have beea an inveterate poaflher , and it might almost be wondered that he did not « e « from the grave to give the ' view halloo . ' Even the grave eare *' s eoantenanoe relaxed for an instant into a smile . " ' . .

      Man versus Hobsb . —On Thursday afternoon , a match of a very arduous and novel character came off in the cricket field of this town , between Cootes , the well-known pedestrian , and a hunter called Towit , the property of Cant . Lleyd , of the 11 th light dragoons . The man aad the horse were to start together , run a distance of six miles , and daring the course to leap over a hundred hurdles ; the time of performance not to exceed fifty minutes , and the first in to win . According to the size . of the field , Cootea and his opponent would have to travel round it twenty-five times , jumping four hurdleB each round . The state of ine betting at the commencement of the afternoon was about even ; bat the weather becoming wet , the odds were in favou * « f

      the man , 'it being thought that Towit could not get through the heavy ground . The word " off" was given , and Cootes cleared two hurdles and half one circle before the jockey of the horse , urged his steed to follow him . The progress of each was as follows : •—First round , horse two leaps behind ; 3 d , two leaps ; 4 th , three leaps ; - 5 th . three leaps . At the conclusion of the 5 th round the horse appeared distressed , and the jockey dismounted . Cootes continued his running and leaping ; when the pedestrian hsd made his 32 d leap , the horse had completed only his 20 th ; man 36 th , horse 24 th ; man 40 th , horse 28 th ; man 44 th , horse 32 d . At this point the horse was again distressed , and was relieved by the rider dismounting . When the horse re-commenced .

      the man had made his 48 th leap ; man 62 d leap ; horse 36 th ; man 60 th , horse 40 th . la this proportion both continued , till at length Towit fell over one of his hurdleB , and , throwing bis rider , rolled over him , happily inflicting no great injury , as he remounted and continued the race until ine 17 th round , when he gave in . Cootes completed his 100 th hurdle in forty-two minutes , and threw a summerset immediately afterwards , being not at aTl exhausted . We understand that the proceeding was more a trial of skill between the stamina of Cootes and the Btamina of the horse , than a match for money ; aad , regarded in this light , the powers of a well-trained

      man are shown to be superior to the strength and clever capabilities of a horse .. Cootee , we are told , has performed the same feat three times , and been twice victorious , beating a celebrated trained leaper , the property of Mr . Gully , of soorting notoriety , late member for Pontefract . —Su # b /* Chronicle . Distress at Paisley . —The Renfrewshire Reformer publishes a table complied by the Paisley Relief Committee , showing the state of the unemployed people , whose numbers are fearfully on the increase . The following numbers were supplied with meat , bread , and potatoes , on a day specified : —

      14 Married men , with their wives 1240 Children belonging to the above 1546 ¦ 2786 Widows and deserted wives , with unmarried females ... 509 Children belonging to these ... 747 1256 Single males , mostly yoang men 166 Number supplied 13 : h Oct . 1841 ... 4208 New applications on the 14 th ... 78 . "

      The total number of homesteads in the district is 5746 : of these , 3158 are employed , and 871 are unoccupied . There are 440 empty houses , and 100 empty shops . The list of the Paisley Relief List , on Saturday , numbered * 153 . The total amount of contributions , including £ 23 from the Bishop of Durham , is £ 1730 ; the expenditure exceeds that sum by £ 25 .

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      WAX . TON . —On Friday , the 22 nd instant , Mr . Skevington visited this place . Application was made to the agent of Earl Fitzwilliam for the use of a public room for the occasion , but though ho did not explicitl y give the refusal to the applicants , nevertheless his demand of £ 4 was tantamount to a direct denial . The town crier also evinced great fear at announcing the promulgation of that bane of despotism—Chartism ; yet , in defiance of the demand of the agent of the House of Wentworth , and in opposition to the tender feelings of the knight of the bell , a goodly meeting was held , and Mr . Skevington , in his usual forcible manner , expounded the principles of the Charter , and laid bare the iniquities of faction , at the conclusion of which many trignified their intention of joining heart and hand in furtherance of the sacred cause .

      MACCIiESFXEU ) . — A public discussion took place in the Hall of Science , Stanley-street , on Monday and Tuesday , the 18 th and 19 th instant , between Mr . John West and Mr . John Campbell , late Socialist missionary , the question being " Whether is it better to seek the establishment of the People ' s Charter , or to carry ont the principles of Socialism ?" Mr . West , on behalf of the Charter , and Mr . Campbell on behalf of Socialism . The large room was crowded each evening , and vast numbers were unable to obtain admission , Mr . Josiah Moss presided . Both speakers were attentively listened to , and each supported his views with great talent . The discussion , our correspondent says , has done much good , but he saya nothing of the result .

      LEEDS . —On Sunday evening last , Mr . Skevington preached an excellent sermon in the Association Room , Fish Market . The room was crowded to excess , and the discourse gave general satisfaction . On Monday evening Mr . Skevington attended the same place , and in a most cogent , eloquent , and convincing manner , elucidated the principles embodied in the People ' s Charter , and showed that without the adoption of those principles , the present cannibal system would continue to curfe the land and perpetuate the miseries of the people . A unanimous vote of thanks was tendered to the lecturer for his abla and successful services during the last month , for which time be has been engaged as lecturer for the East Riding of this county . From the success which has attended the missionary labours of Mr . Skevington , we trust that our Chartist brethren will secure the future eervices ef this uncompromising advocate of the people ' s cause .

      CHAtFORD . —On Monday evening last a Chartist meeting was held at the Ball Inn , in this place , and although it was the first that was ever held ; the room , which is a very large one , was crowded ; the meeting was addressed by Messrs . Paul Chiswell , Workman , Newman , Cook , Hatton , and Clissold , who ably expounded the principles of the Charter . A few good lectures delivered here would be tho means of doing much good .

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      AN ADDRESS TO THE MEN OF DEVON AND CORNWALL . Fellow Slates , —We hare just read the addreu from Redrutn , in Cornwall , and are Rind to bear tbey Intend to push forward the cause of Chartlam , In the first place the beat means to be employed ought to occupy our attention . We have read much about books and periodicals , debating , or mental Improvement societies , doing much good ; bat in Devon and Cornwall , where the cause is not to rife as it is in the North of England , we think a continual agitation , by lecturing , would most speedily organize both the eotmtieB .

      The cause in Devon has received an impetus throagh the labours of Mr . Powell , who has lectured many times is Tavistock and the surrounding villages / and , being out of employment , the societies of Taviatock and Devonport have advised him to ta&e a tour through Cornwall . Ho has lectured at Devonport , Plymouth , A&hburton , Tfarerton , and Hodbury , in all of -which places be hit area great satisfaction . Seis a work-

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      man that needs not be ashamed ; he will take a bell , « rattle , or a tin can , and call his own meetings , In places where the sound of Chartism as neter been heard . He T * 11 * " *«; U » own mti « if < Lptacardthetown . j he has done so aj ; feackfaatleigh , Modbwy , Mflton Abbott . Beerhatofem , North Btentdif ; Maty , Ttory , Lane-head , and ColIoBghton , add in - some of thos * pb « ea hai been ; mn « b pwwsted . At the fiwt tteotiiff *• heMHto TiTertott , he , wu oppoaed by a great many , wbojeft no means untried to bully £ im out of the town-hall ; lint afterthe < jIamouTw « over he drew them Into diacus-** on , and floored thent one and an . At the second Boeung Xtm tried what their old Dlan would

      do—nlrraical Jbwe . . While he wu speaking font a flight of rtepvbehind the Lamb Inn , { versus Wolf , ) a piece of wood was-hurled at htm , ' wlrich sent him headlong among the people fa « 16 w ; it was aome time before lie recovered , and as soon -as he tfould speak , be rushed among the . crowd , whe were on the eve of bieakiog into the stable ef the hoose from whence the log of wood wwflang , and gallantly led them off a short distance , and addressed them in a attain of eloquence seldom heard of in Tiverton . Three cheers were given Tor the lecturer , three for O'Connor , and three for Frost , Williams , and Jones , whfch made the air to ring , the Whigs to gnash their teeth , snd the Tories to tremble .. . . : ¦

      At the conclusion of the meeting , a person came . fofward , whois tyrant time-fceepa ? at the factoty gatesi and who made himself very conspicuous at the first meeting , bat was made a complete fool of by the leiturer . To proye the lecturer a liar , he had been stating the distress of the Northern districts ,, and stated that the wool-combers were fast coming to the condition of the hand-loom weavem , and that they did not average , at the present time , above 10 a . ox 12 a . per week . This the time-keeper denied . He stated he had in his possession a letter from his father , a wool-comber , in Bradford , informing him he could earn 83 s . ; fcnt , at the same time , he could not produce the letter . However , we leave this with the Bradford woolcombers .

      Last week , hearing that Lord finality Russell was at his seat , Sadsieigh Cottage , near Milton Abbott , he got the Tillage placarded for a meeting on the Saturday evening , and sent , per post , ftom Taviatock , a printed bill , inclosed in a letter , as aa invitation to little Finality t bat he was not game enough ; though some of his servants , and many of his tenantry ; were there to hear their lord and master denounced as an enemy to the poor of Great Britain , and likewise to hear the principles of the . People's Charter explained . Mr . Hancock , of Tavistock , opened the meeting in a very impressive

      manner , after which , Mr . Arno , of Tavistock , in a attain of impassioned eloquence , depicted the miseries and privations of the working millions ; he likewise set forth the horrors of war , with a caution to yoang men not to enlist in the army ) and thus augment the expenditure , which is at ¦ present most ensnttous . He ¦ at down , and was then followed by the lecturer , Mr . Powell , who occupied the meeting an hoar and a half , and whose flights of fancy and eloquence elicited the efaeen and applause of Finality Russell ' s servants and tenantry . :

      After this brief account of Mr . Powell ' s labours in Devon , and the good that is likely to arise from bis labours , if once established amongst us , it will now be the business of the various associations to come at once to a determination to see what can be done for a man that will devote his time and talent in lecturing and agitation , in whatever part of the country he may be called upon to labour . " In putting out this address to the men of Devon and Cornwall , we would impress upon them-the necessity of

      taking upon themselves the performance of their work ; for , depend upon it , neither the one faction nor the other will ever do it for them , their sole object being to keep the working population in ignorance , knowing by such means that , they can ride roughshod over the people , and roll in those luxuries which they have , frem time to time , tobbed the in ilustrious millions ot by anjutt and tyrannical laws , which never could , by any possibility , have teen carried , into effect , had the whole people had their due share of the representation of their country .

      Up , then , fellow men , facd show those tyrants that you are deserving of those rights of which they have so unjustly deprived you , and knowing those rights , that yon will not cease in your endeavours to see those rights established . Let the consequence be what it may , you will see the necessity of employing a lecturer at . once ; for there is at present a petition to be signed by ap wards <~ f four millions of onr class , and the employment of a lecturer , at this present time , would be productive of a two-fold benefit . First , in lecturing in laive towns , snd getting signatures ; and secondly , to extend his labours to the villages , which have not a chance of hearing those principles explained , except in their own villages , and signatures from them that we could not expect to get by any other means . Signed on behalf of the Davenport Association ,

      Andrew Gummings , Secretary . Joseph Grose . Richard James . William Tremblett , Treasurer Devenport , Oct . 17 , 1841 .

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      ADDRESS TO THE CHARTISTS OF ASHTONUNDER-LYNE . Brothee Chartists , —More than two years have now elapsed since several individuals ( who made the emancipation of the slave class , to which yon belong , tbeii chief study and pursuit , ) were arrested and committed to prison , for simply endeavouring to shew you the necessity there existed for you to demand equality , before the law , if ever yon intended to prevent yourselves , your wives and children from starving , and whether their advice was right or not , a great many of you affected to follow it while they were at large , bat as soon as yon saw them all in gaol for advocating your rights—you permitted the arrangements they had made for the purpose of uniting your energies and diffusing political knowledge amongst you , to be frittered away , and even the meeting room , which had been held for more than two years , to be abandoned , and the furniture sold or destroyed .

      This , in itself , was bad enough ; bat what is still worse , although more than a year has expired sinoe the demise of the original Charter Association , you have never attempted to rally or assist your brethren iu other parts of tho land , although tyranny has been on the increase , and yours and their wages on the £ ecreasB every day since that time . You know , also , that those who pretend to patronise you , and direct the trifling operations that now go forward among you , are in the interest of a party that will never grant you any thing , as they are of the same pseudo liberal school as those who have created the existing divisions in London , Birmingham , and Leeds , ar . d who , on every occasion—such as when the myrraidens of tho " Plague" come amongst you , or anti-monopoly men , or any other impostor in the pay of the education party , take care to keep in the back ground , and never open their lips until they get to an alehouse fire , and then their principal wotk is to justify their silence .

      Cast off this apathy , then , ye men of Ashton . Lay aside those silly fears aud divisions , those woman ' s weaknesses and childish quarrels that have paralysed your energies for so long a time . What your intentions may be for tho future I cannot conjecture . It is true you have been sadly deceived in some of your leaders ; but the fault in this case is wholly your own : you cinnot blame any oue but yourselves , as you have been told repeatedly not to permit any one to meddle in your arrangements but those of your own class . No one else will ever , or can ever , serve you as

      you might serve yourselves . Remember the pithy words of Franklin— " If you want a good servant serve yourself . " It may be said that few men of wealth were ever on your councils ; yet a fcw managed to get amongst you who did more , and whe now live more by their wits than by toil—and these men were always go-bet weensin the employ of any one who would pay them to carry a t ckle point ; and even now they act in the same way , and thus are a standing barrier in the way of all real Union .

      I know there both was and is those residing in your town , of your own class , whose ability and integrity would add dignity to any station that Chartism , la or out of power , could elevate them to ; bat because they happened to be your every day associates , their abilities bad become familiar—the excellence of their remarks , and the brilliancy of their [ conceptions , had lost their lustre , forsooth , through every day practice , and you must have some gentlemen foreigner , to be sure , to dictate to you and spend your money . You seemed to expect something more than truth at their hands , because , " They wore a Mackintosh , " and affected to belong to some of the learned professionsbut you cannot deny that you laave been grossly deceived , and no one can or will express any sympathy for you as long as yon place confidence in strangers , gentlemen , and speculators .

      Some of the parties to whom you have clung witi . death-like tenacity have been heard to repudiate the very name of-Chartist , as baing so vulgar , so low , so disreputable , and they say they would prefer the term of Radical as of olden usage , and as being in better odour with men of intelligence , " New-move-men ;" but , Brother Chartists , this is the -very reason why a sincere advocate of justice to all ought to spurn the term Radical as one which signifies fashionable rascality , or in plain terms , Whiggism . The worthless and filthy organs of the age , which pander to the vices and passions of the Neroes of our own day ; first dubbed us Chartists , ( Torch-and-dagger men ) from the Liberal Whigs and Malthuslans .

      I ever revered and supported the principles contained in the Charter , and now I glory in the epithet . 1 am folly convinced the parties to whom I allude would join the "New Move" or any " Move , " always provided there was either profit or popularity arising ftom such proceeding . And , in fact , many of them have given their aid and countenence tothd ••> Plague , " which you knowfe be true , for the sake of keeping on terms with bothpaitiea , I am well aware that a number of you have ceased to do anything more than - look on—on account of the conduct of these things In human form , who would be anything to any patty ; bo , unless you shake offthis apathy and again put your shoulders to the wheel , you will always remain aa you are , slaves , and very soon it will be too late for yon to move , ae now ifl the time ©» never .

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      You know you hare no Association w , ortb the name . You know that notwithstanding the mighty przeat stake , then has not been a public meeting of the operatives : of Ashton-nnder-lyne to forward the cause of Charttsni , for nearly a year past , nor for any other purpose , exeept repealing the Corn Law , unless Borne leettute came , yooi eosld sot well nftoeratMr . ( yBrIeB « d « ftwiIiy 8 igo . : - . ¦ ¦ ;' -- . ¦ . / ' ¦ ¦ ¦ /¦•' . ¦ : - Yq& ohte appeared at the head of the list of patriotic district * Sorely the guzzling that took place at the dose

      of ihe recent election , at Dukenfleld Lodge , bar not destroyed every manly feeling that oace caused th « name of your town to shine so veiy conspicuously in the records of the patriotic world . Do not try to persuade yourself that' the self-styled Chartist Member for Asbton ; would giva you what you reqalreV even if he had the power , which he has not His every act and apeecb prodaimf to the contrary . Remember he does not belong to yonr class , and be- assured he will stand by his order , which is a most powerful reason why you ooght to stand by yours .

      I would recommend you then , to call a public meeting , ( as yon have a splendid room at your service for the purpose , and which yon might eaaily ma ^ e your own if nnityand Judgment regulated year conceits , ) and try once more to collect those scattered elements '' of honesty and intelligence , that some time ago formed so imposing and respectable a body in your animated town . Jit Is well known by all , that oar claim to the suffrage is a jnst oae . No man need be ashamed of any act of his on account o * f his being a Chartist , unless the deferring his claim , go long to political equality , constitutes a crime . -- '" ' . : ¦¦ ' ¦•• ¦¦ ¦¦ - : = ;

      The district around you contains from 2 » , 000 to 25 , 000 Inhabitants whom yon might quickly organise by prudence and determination . So hoping this call on you , by one of yourselves , will be the means of arousing you from your present state of torpidity , and uniting you under the sacred banner of equality , you may depend on it , no one could be more ardently desirous to tender you all the aid in his power than A Sincere Chartist . Arouse ye , then , once more , ye bold and fearless patriots . Appoint no one to fill your offices , unless you

      ate tare their circumstances compel them to think as yoa do . As yon are situated , yon cannot do anything . Yon are divided into so many sections ; you send report * continually of meetings here and lectures there , which are not heard of in the town , until seen in the Star . Thus you are continually cheating yonrselves , and the really honest men who have made the greatest sacrifices in time past , are kept from joining yon by the machinations of those who make self interest their study , and who never go near you , nnless they have some special object in view , or some point to

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      At length the long-anticipated contest between O'Connor and the prime mover in the Calton Hill conspiracy has been brought to a dose . The persevering manner in which O'Connor has panned his , and hte Chartist friends' persecutors , from the passing of the memorable resolutions to which we now refer , has been constant , determined , and unremitting ; and well would it have beea foi the survivor of the treacherous gang , Patrick Brewster , had he taken warning from the fate of his London , Edinburgh , and Birmingham associates ; but no ; strong in dogged ignorance' and self-sufficiency , he was resolved upon champibnising his fellow conspirators , and never in the history of this country was such an example made of mortal man as that which it was the melancholy fate of the state parson to present on Saturday last , before a pitying Jury of his own townsmen , many of them , indeed , ol his own congregation .

      Since 1839 Brewster has crowed like a real dunghill cook in O'Connor ' s absence , but most cautiously avoided all opportunities of meeting him when in Scotland . On Wednesday week , O'Connor attended two overflowing public meetings at Paisley , of which he gave Brewster due notice , and challenged him to be present ; but , as on former occasions , it was not , convenient . Upon the Monday following , Brewster and his friends put out some posters , catling a public meeting of the inhabitants for that evening , in the Low Church , for the purpose of eleoting delegates to the Scotch Convention , about to

      be cooVeiied in Glasgow . At this meeting , every enemy to Chartism was invited to attend ; he recognisod , ^ Vhig shopkeepers , Tory shopkeepers . Conservative , operatives , and all the tribe of anti-Chartists , and preferring Devilism itself to Chartism : the vile crew , witnessed , in the person of the Rev . Divine , a Stand proper instrument for the accomplishment of their , project . In this assembly Mr . Brewster repeated all his old charges of physical force and tteachery against O'Connor ,. O'Brien , and many more of the leading Chartists , vaunting at the same time that Feargus O'Connor dare not meet him .

      As soon as the proceedings in the church had terminated , the Chartists of Paisley met , and came to the unanimous resolution of sending a delegate to Kilmarnock to O'Connor , imploring of him to forego all previous arrangements for the salvation of his friends in Paisley , who , to their honour be it said , have bravely Btxugaled against the pious firebrand in his own town . Upon our delegate explaining the whole affair to Mr . O'Connor , that gentleman instantly wrote to Mr . Brewster , challenging him to meet him at au open air meeting at Paisley , on Saturday last , the 23 rd instant , when he , O'Connor , would be ready to defend himself and his party against any charges which he , Brewster , might think proper to prefer .

      On Wednesday night O'Connor ' s challenge was handed to the knight of the pallid face , and he having accepted it , two Committees were appointed to make arrangements for the trial ; and , finally , it was decided that O'Connor , the ACCUSED , SHOULD OPEN THE PHOCSEDINGS in a speech of half an hour ' s length , and that Brewster should follow for a like period , stating his charge against O'Connor , aad the case being thua opened , that eaoh should have an alternate quarter of an hour , each speaker speaking four quarters , Brewster the accosbr having THE REPLY ,

      and each having a chairman of his own appointment . These arrangements as to the order of speaking were severely deprecated by every lover of justice to whatsoever party he belonged ^ and when Mr . O'Connor was pressed not to accede to so unjust and unfavourable an arrangement , he replied , " What , are my friends also mad , and would they too balk me and the other victims of this man ' s treachery of that triumph which is now in my hands ! He insisted upon those preliminaries , unjust as they are , for the very purpose of escaping ; but no , he may speak first and last , but meet me he shall . "

      The hour of one o ' clock was appointed for the business commencing , and almost to the moment O'Connor ascended the platform accompanied by Mr . John M"Crea , hia chairman , and by his committee , and was received by the meeting , which was only then gathering , but . which was very large , with one burst of the most enthusiastic applause . In about a qaarter of an hour after , the common accuser ascended the platform and appeared much more like the culprit , than he who had come at a serious inconvenience to meet the foe ; he looked about , he trembled , aud his pale face turned still more ghastly white when he took his seat amid a peal of derisive laughter . H

      aad after some discussion between the committees , the most active , man of Browser ' s read over the programme , which O'Connor ' s committee unanimously declared had never been either adopted or ever submitted to them . It was a rigmarole piece of nonsense declaring that the meeting had been convened for the purpose of considering the best method of forwarding the cause of Chartism , not a sentence about Bre water ' s charges against O'Connor , not one word abeut physical force or moral force ; nay , O'Connor ' s name was never once mentioned , although his accuser had said one hundred times , and repeated it on the previous Monday , that O'Connor dare not meet him , as he could convict him of many delinquencies , and prove him guilty of having incited the people to use physical force . ,

      This " new move" threatened to open a hole for the viper ' s escape , when O'Connor interposed , and said , that his committee should not make any technical or-frivolous objections , that the proceedings should go ou ; accordingly the Chairmen and committee'set their watohes to time , aad O'Connor rose and was prevented for some minutes from saying a word , so uproarious was the cheering , which was accompanied by waving of hats . When silence was restored , he pointed attention to the anomaly of the proceedings , and said that he had too much tact to devote his first half hour to making a case for his accuser . He addressed the Chairman , and the vast assembly , which when he commenced , amounted to from 10 , 000 to 15 , 000 persons , aa my Lords and Gentlemen of the Jury ; he then said that he , should occupy his first half hour in the capacity of judge , and would charge * them aa the jury who were to try aav criminal who should be brought before them .

      " That they should divest their minds of ail former prejudices ,, if any had been cherished against the accused , and come to such a verdict as would satisfy not only ! Paisley or Scotland j bat England and Ireland as well . He made this sweeping allusion , because he understood that the oharge waa one of a political character , which in its result most equally affect all countries . He spoke for his allotted tine , in a straia of rapideloqueuoe , which was frequently interrupted by the moat rapturous applause , and , at intervals , as he turned fall front to his aocuser , and with daring position , fire flashing from both eyes , -and strokes of the moat borning sarcasm thundering in quick eaooession upon Ms" meek and Christian accuser } ' &b he termed him , a , thrill rau through the meeting like electricity ; which as qurekly communicated the eleotriospark i but not of fire , to the M white-paced priest , " upon whom it was evident that the battery of eloquence had told , for as O'Connor sat down amid cheers which made the very valley ring , the real culprit uncoiled his serpent form , and slowly and tremblingly raised itself , but bent and not to its fall stature , to the

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      ( ane of mother goose . When the hisses had sabsided , the lord of Calton-HiU looked , but looked in vam for-the charm of eyen one sweet voice ; but no . even at his own- door ,-and in sight of the sacred sanctuary in which he preadbes , Chris ^ aa charity , ' tmlkan ^ -- T ^ i ^ - ' ! m ' -i ^ " ^^ ^ ^ ' J ^ honied tongue to swee | jn . » e $ tip . of \ mwfq 07 , < hB ~ s&bioji , 'Wffltiti * ' aluf '/ jStrire ^ wtjfch' mt pious ap ^ theei ^ i ^^ pip ^ mW : * J «» - J « trembled , and 'tut lfctfEQi * sfi * **?**» % » * * totiugl 7 * lMffiiWi I dTra 1 > Dish , WKffi 3 fMnired soBJie ingenuityM li *? e gM « W <* W $ } W ~ * tyrU evlaeni thaWfe gollTla ^ er . and was- paratow

      uze « , ana mssonamyn my »»» w ^ . wn " ° " " was bompeWA to : W # ft . tie >'«» ss * ti ? n <>? #$ ? 2 > op the storm fi satire , sucK ^ * Jwfe * $ & £ nott " eense / ' " eome to the qufiMpn , " " whewI are your chwgesV * " shame itnih ^ chaxeK aa ^ go . home , " and sioh like tiiterjruptidQS . ' At' leiijgthi HSf minister resumed his / seatamidat storm ^ f l" ^» eaj after literally nothaving said one single Wpriwbrthy of memory or hay | ng delivered one single sentence bearing ^ on the qdestion . ' ; % When Brewster concladed , O'Connor immediately started up . and wa 3 already hailed as tha ' victor ^ It was eyident jtbat ie had the gam ^ ih W ; hand 8 , and thathesaw it , and knowing tne value jbf time , aud declaring that as yet he had no charges to

      answer ; he turned the tables upon , his Adversary , and coiled his net so judiciously around him , that no escape was left , while now or never the long-boiling wrath , must overflow and expose the real object of the monster . For fifteen minutes he was compelled to writhe under the lash of insulted pride and manly indignation . Shock followed shock , and , as O'Connor again sat down , amid thunders of applause , the Christian pastor rose , and endeavoured to meet his opponent by , the most low-lived , scurrilous , blackguard , and vituperative language , it was ever our misfortune to hear . Now , the long-supresaed feeling of the whole meetifig , outraged by such a clerical exhibition , burst into one eimulianeous shout of execration . When O'Connor

      again rose , and was received aa before , it was evident that the work was done , that O'Connor had accomplished his object , namely ; the conviction of Brewster from Brewster sown lips . It was * bviooa that O'Conuor knew his man , and was resolved that the world should also know him ; hia character for talent was destroyed in the first half hoar , while his propensitiesifor mischief , and his determination to accomplish it , was dragged out of him in fifteen minutes . Now , eaid he , having disrobed the minister ^ lam ready to shake hands with the man—( this was met with shouts of" Well done , well dona" — -he has as yet made so charge against me , and henceforth it is evident that he can make none successfull y against my party .. I have stamped him with his proper value . ' ¦ . '• '' . ¦ "¦ ' ¦ " - ' . '' : : ¦" . ' , ¦ . , "¦¦

      O'Connor then went after his every remark from memory , chaetisiDg him most mercUesaJy j and a& length , when BrewsUr rose again , he expressed himself most willing to be reconciled , and hoped that the reconciliations would take place then , oat , smarting under what he had got , he again turned to the most low and scurrflpus abuse , chargiag ^ O'Con noi * with every word spoken by ] Mr . Sankey , and other member * , at , ' -the . meeting , in the Crown and Anchor , in 1839 , and also reading speeches of O'Brien ' s from the Operative , and Stephens , and Dr . Taylor ' s , and Mr . Taylor ' s , of Manchester , and all the old rubbish , while the only charge which he ventured to bring against O'Connor was one sentence from some one of his speeches , which ran thus : —

      " 1 have no hesitation in saying that if unconstitutional force is brought against the people , they are justified in repelling force by force . " . Again did the Laird of Calton sit down in a mist ,, and now- it being evident that reconciliation was not his object , O'Connor held him to the stake like a bear , and lashed him aa the greatesVenemy in disguise , which the cacse could have . He said that he was not going to retract , to qualify , or alter one single sentence that he had ever spoken throughout life , and exposed the sophistry ; of ; . ' : Bjrew £ ter , who required the people to clothe him and themselves , with a moral force resolution as a standing order of their " new moyo" Botiety , while | he Lord Advocate would consider it as a poor defence against one illegal act . He , Brewster , hoped , as he ^ said , to

      get rid ^ of O'Connor and Bronterre O'Brieni' * that he mast first present to the people two honester leaders , that O'Brien had been a leech upon the back of corruption , which could not be shaken off until he had sucked every drop of bad blood out of the national tumour , he was then to sail ia the boat with O'Brien , but not with . Parson Stephens , or those who deeerted the people . ' ¦ ' As before , Brewster was eat ap ; and when he rose agaiD , he declared that he did not wish to get rid of Mr . O'Connor , but of his errors ; but he did wish to obtain the Charter b y union and perseverance , and a strong moral association of all that was Tainable , and then the people may get the ; Charter ; in fact , he had no doubt that then they would get household suffrage . Here the cat was out of the

      bag , and the annoanoament was met with the most terrffb groans , and "Ah , traitor 1 we know it . " Aye , aye , said ihe white-faced priest , you physicals may roar ; that ' s very like physical tore *; but I- ^ ay that we may get Universal Suffrage , and if the Irish follow Daniel O'Connell , my friend , Daniel O'Connell , the Liberator of his own country , that ho will best direct them to the accomplishment of their end —( this announcement was met by such a storm of groan ^ and laughter , and " Off , off { gang awa' " that , Brewster said , he would require an additional three mimitcs for the interruption . ) You tn » y speak till yonder loag chimney tumbles into the river , now , observed Mr . O'Connbr ; but you hsVe done yourself . Afl atteiript 9 to- prdenre ' a hearing were now fru 2 tle ? s , even the little boys cried ehtfme , and mocked , and said , " is t&ali theCharter ? bat away

      wentPiddy BrewsWr , belabouring ' old newspapers of 1817 and 1839 ; froni'whifcth he drew his own deductions , but about which no man cared . O'Connor now rose for the last time » Ad ' seizing Hdu 3 thold Suffrage , and Daniel O'Cohnell , a ' s his subject , he left poor Brews'ter in * melancholy plight , and Brewster having announced his determination to move the Calton Hill and Birmingham resolution for the adoption of the meeting . O'Connor said , just let ub see what the result has beenio Birmingham and Paisley from the passing of those resolutions . Birmingham is the only town in England which had been for a season divided by the traitors who pursued the very course whioh the Christian minister is now pursuing , while I think this day ' s exhibition fully proves that Paisley has not seen their beneficial results . I said , he shall meet those resolutions by a direct negative . It is this : —

      Resolved , "That this meeting repudiates the assertion , that any delegate authorised by them did , directly or indirectly , give assent j to the notorious resolution universally known by -the same of the Calton Hill resolution . " That resolution , continued Mr . O'Connor , consigned fire hundred good men to their living tombs , aud the object in perpetuating them is to provoke another assault ; but no , we will now scout the traitors from our ranks , and go on cordially without them . Mr . O'Connor wound up his time as . he commenced , without once losing self-command or using one single ungentlemanlike expression , and when Brewster was to reply , he had nothing to . say , and swain began with his musty old papers .

      The thing was now terminated , when M'Crea rose and demanded a show of hands for O'Connor ' s amendment , which the wily parson said should stand as the original resolution ; whereupon a forest of blistered hands was held up , which was followed by cheering , and waving of hats , and clapping of hands . Brewster ' s Chairman then demanded a show of hands , when a miserable exhibition gave a verdict against poor Brewster : all declared that O'Connor ' s resolution was carried by at least three to one ; " but no , " said Brewster , " we must divide , ' * " Cime along , then , " answered O'Connor , <* all who are for wiping a stain out of their country ' s escutcheon will follow me to the : field , " pointing to the field whioh lay to the right of the hustings , and which , being recently flooded , was ancle deep in

      . mud , and mire . He instantly jumped offthd high nustingB , however , into tho . mud , and wa 3 followed to a high tree at the end of the ground , by at least two-thirds , of the meeting * . $ & $ . _ O'Connor then climbed ; up a tall ash tree at . tfae end of the field , like a cat , and standing ,, in , ihe fork , about fifteen feet from , the groqnd , < ap 4 surrounded by his friends , they sot up a glorioua ¦ cheer , while they- surveyed the miserable kaot of , Brew 6 terites , who , clung to tho wreck of the digmk ' atled , ^| bre ship , ? which has thus been disarmed pfialljts-. jtowers for mischief ! Mr . O'Cosnor then hpaded his party , » nd . marched in triumph past the . ijustinga to . his hofel , while Brewster remained on the platforn ; , addreesing the Whicaud Tory middle . olaeses , .. who shut up shop to

      aid anything , or anybody ,, even the Dev ^ l himself , in the glorious work of . putting down . Chartism ; and thM 3 ended a day saoh a » Scotland has not recently seen ,, and one which is pre-eminently calealftted to make but one party , of Chartists throughout the land . --. ... , - ' : ' ,- „¦ . 7- ¦ .. - " ' . : *¦ ¦ , ' ¦ .:. ) Messrs . Ancoats . ijProu&foot , CfuUen i Rodger , Gardner , Malpoloo , Colfluhoun ,, , and otbir leading Chartist ^ of Glas gow , were present throughout the whole disen ^ on ; and 4 »» vin « inore th » a *) ice heard their opinion , I feel myself justified inlying that never was verdiot more unanimou * , one and aB declaring that O . 'Connw . had risen 100 per cent , fat

      public estimation , while Brewpter had eunk to ns » no more . . ; Taere were two oth « reporter *; presentnamely , the reporter for thefjuuiey Adveftiser , and the reporter for the SootHsk I ' aitiot ; and I have their Authority also ., for stating t that jthere was an . oTrerwhekaing loajerity for O'Cuwipr ' s resolution . :-. - ¦¦ ¦ -. /¦ - .. v .-- -. ¦ r , - r- \ . -. ; . .--i-vis " - TheresHltoC the day has been even alrfady a vast augmentation to ourforcesI , atPalstejr , ipd we axe now engaged in preparing the way &r » j better undersUuaing with the people of'GliBgow , by whom we consider ourselves tf > have been very unfairly neglected , for the purpose o / f bringing Mr . jBrewsterTi great rowEsa into play ., O'Cenn ' or dined with his Chairman and Contmittee , aud loft Paisley f « Glasgow at nine o ' clock . : " ' -

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      Heabt-Bem)Ing Miseby At Bolton.

      HEABT-BEM ) ING MISEBY AT BOLTON .

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      TO THB EDITOR OF SAUKDEBS NEWS LETTER , Sir , —It appears by a report of the proceedings of the "Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland ' , " published in your paper of the 12 th instant , that a man of the name of Trwin was bronght forward by tho association to charge me with having said on Sunday week , " that they ( the repealers ) might never seek to get a repeal of the Union until they had exterminated the high churchmen . " Now , tbia is not only a downright lie , but so utterly devoid of even the shadow of truth or probability that I am astonished how any rational man could give credit to it . The whole of tbia man ' s statement ia falsa However , I Bhall not trouble either you or the public with any further refutation of it at present , as there are others who ¦ will bear testimony to what I did Bay , and who will give this Jrwin ' s statement a flat contradiction .

      Aj to the charge which has beea made against me , of being a deluder , and that too by the modern Mokanna , I have ocly to say that I have no talent in that line , and mast therefore leave it entirely to him whose daily occupation it is and who derives a splendid income from it . Patrick O'Higgins . No . 14 , North Anne-street , Oct . 13 th , 16 ( 1 .

      O'Connor And Brewster.

      O'CONNOR AND BREWSTER .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 30, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct727/page/3/